Countries unite to call for mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation of frontier AI

hugo_larochelle · x · 2026-09-22

The President of Finland published "A Call for Control of Frontier AI Models," co-signed by multiple countries, with Yoshua Bengio voicing strong support. The statement notes that capable AI systems have recently circumvented testing safeguards, exploited vulnerabilities, and gained unauthorized access to real-world systems.

The call urges:

Companies to adopt transparent safety protocols with mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation;
Governments to coordinate common standards, share serious safety incident reports, and broaden access to evaluation expertise;
UN member states to explore an international institution for standards, verification, and convening when capability thresholds are crossed.

It stresses AI must remain under human direction and international law while narrowing global access gaps.

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Countries unite to call for mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation of frontier AI

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